Marvel Universe

One the things that I definitely look forward to every year at San Diego's Comic-Con International is the display of Marvel Universe action figures at the Hasbro booth. It's the kind of thing that I dreamed about creating when I was a kid, and

Though we got a look at the first wave earlier this year, it seems Hasbro was waiting for Toy Fair 2014 to reveal its fuller plans for the 3.75" Marvel Infinite line. Previously known as the Marvel Universe line, Marvel Infinite will deliver scads of comic book style superheroes and supervillains across an initial three waves in 2014. Wave one will deliver The Wasp, "Marvel Now" Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, The Grim Reaper and Hyperion. Wave two will include re-issues of Beta Ray Bill, Yellowjacket and Steve Rogers, plus all-new versions of Death's Head, Red She-Hulk, Thor and Whirlwind. As for wave three? It's not fully fleshed out yet, but so far looks to include Ares, Deathlok (the rad zombie cyborg one, not the handsome Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. one and an Ionic Wonderman. We'll have more images of these toys in the wild later when we visit the Hasbro installation at Toy Fair, but for now you can see official product images of all three waves -- including some carded images -- after the cut.

Q: Do Superman-esque characters like The Sentry or Blue Marvel work in the Marvel Universe? -- @SuperSeth64

A: You know, Seth, this is one of those questions that seems really simple when you first look at it. I mean, it's a yes or no question, so the short answer is about as short as it can possibly be. The thing is, the reasoning behind that answer has to do with how entire shared fictional universes work and how they've been influencing each other for the past 50 to 70 years, and how one character in particular has defined an entire genre that came to dominate the medium, so for the long answer, well, I hope you've got a few minutes.

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Hasbro honed in on Marvel movie toys in a major way over the past few years with lines based on The Avengers movieverse and Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man film, but it appears that the wait for Iron Man 3 will give the company a chance to deliver plenty of figures across its Marvel Universe and Marvel Legends lines, plus a forthcoming toy line based on Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. Several upcoming 3.75" Marvel Universe figures were shown at Hasbro's SDCC booth, inc

Upcoming: Vanguard Publishing has announced that the hardcover edition of The Frazetta Sketchbook will arrive in stores on December 26 and include 160 pages of previously unpublished drawings and painting preliminaries by the artist.

The Avengers may be the hottest thing this side of the sun this summer, but Hasbro's turning its attention to the team's greatest foes at San Diego Comic-Con in July with an exclusive new Marvel Universe Masters of Evil box set. Featuring 3.75" versions of Radi

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